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Agglomeration
Project Summary
An agglomeration is a continuous urban settlement. Motu’s agglomeration research focuses on Auckland - New Zealand’s largest city.
This research programme considers the benefits of locating close together for firms and for individuals. Publications on this page explore differences in wages, labour productivity and firm performance across urban areas in New Zealand.
- Coleman, Andrew. 2010. "Transport infrastructure, 'lock-out' and urban form," IPS/Motu Infrastructure Workshop, July.
- Grimes, Auckland. 2010. "Is Auckland a knowledge economy?" Auckland Public Policy Seminar Series, May.
- Maré, David C. 2009. "Labour productivity in Auckland firms: There’s something about the city," Motu Public Policy Seminar, October.
- David C. Maré. 2009. “Productivity in Auckland firms: there’s something about the city,” Auckland Public Policy Seminar, July.
- Maré, David. C. 2004. "Concentration, Specialisation and Agglomeration of Firms in New Zealand," paper presented to the NZAE Conference, Wellington, July, 2004.
- Clark, William A. V. 2008. "Spatial Relocation as an Instrument of Social Policy," Motu Public Policy Seminar, July.
- Ministry of Economic Development
- Foundation for Research, Science and Technology
- Grimes, Arthur & Yun Liang. 2010. "Spatial Determinants of Land Prices: Does Auckland's Metropolitan Urban Limit Have an Effect?", Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 2, 23-45
- Roskruge, Matthew; Arthur Grimes, Philip McCann and Jacques Poot. 2010. "Social capital and regional social infrastructure investment: Evidence from New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 10-03.
- Gibson, John and Steven Stillman. 2009. "Why Do Big Firms Pay Higher Wages? Evidence from an International Database," Review of Economics and Statistics 91:1, 213–218.
- Maré, D C & Graham, D J (2010) “Agglomeration elasticities and firm heterogeneity” SERC Discussion Paper 43, London School of Economics, London (January).
- Maré, David C. and Daniel J. Graham. 2009. "Agglomeration Elasticities in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 09-06.
- Maré, David C. 2008. "Labour Productivity in Auckland Firms," Motu Working Paper 08-12.
- Maré, David C. 2008. "Labour Productivity in Auckland Firms," MED Occasional Paper 08/09, Ministry of Economic Development, Wellington.
- Maré, David C. and Jason Timmins. 2006. "Geographic Concentration and Firm Productivity," Motu Working Paper 06-08.
- Maré, David C. 2005. "Concentration, Specialisation and Agglomeration of firms in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 05-12.
- Glaeser, Edward and David C. Maré. 2001. "Cities and Skills," Journal of Labor Economics, 19:2, pp. 316-42.